FI vs. ADP, PAYX, FIS, GPN, BR, JKHY, WEX, G, EEFT, and MMS
Should you be buying Fiserv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fiserv include Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Paychex (PAYX), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Global Payments (GPN), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), WEX (WEX), Genpact (G), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), and Maximus (MMS). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
Fiserv (NYSE:FI) and Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Automatic Data Processing has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fiserv. Automatic Data Processing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fiserv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fiserv presently has a consensus price target of $164.83, suggesting a potential upside of 11.06%. Automatic Data Processing has a consensus price target of $255.42, suggesting a potential upside of 4.98%. Given Fiserv's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Fiserv is more favorable than Automatic Data Processing.
In the previous week, Automatic Data Processing had 2 more articles in the media than Fiserv. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Automatic Data Processing and 18 mentions for Fiserv. Automatic Data Processing's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Fiserv's score of 0.65 indicating that Automatic Data Processing is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Automatic Data Processing has a net margin of 19.56% compared to Fiserv's net margin of 16.68%. Automatic Data Processing's return on equity of 93.09% beat Fiserv's return on equity.
91.0% of Fiserv shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Automatic Data Processing shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Fiserv shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Automatic Data Processing shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Fiserv received 115 more outperform votes than Automatic Data Processing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.58% of users gave Fiserv an outperform vote while only 58.81% of users gave Automatic Data Processing an outperform vote.
Fiserv has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Automatic Data Processing has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Fiserv beats Automatic Data Processing on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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